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While Del. Rasoul Condemns ICE, Illegal Alien Stabs Fredericksburg Woman To Death At Fairfax Bus Stop

On Monday, February 23, Stephanie Minter, 41, of Fredericksburg, was found stabbed to death at a Fairfax County bus stop with multiple knife wounds to the upper body. Minter...

Catawba Sustainability Center Expands Applied Research in Roanoke County

When Matthew Wagner walks the fields of the Catawba Sustainability Center, he’s thinking about more...

VA Tech Study Identifies Key Exercise Enzyme That Could Inform Diabetes Treatment

Researchers have investigated the role of a certain enzyme in regulating energy in muscle and...

Roanoke City Public Schools Receives $450K State Grant to Build First Solar-Powered Microgrid at any K-12 School in Virginia

Roanoke City Public Schools (RCPS) has been awarded a grant from the Virginia Department of...

Carilion Clinic Foundation Establishes Children’s Miracle Network Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine

In partnership with Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) of Southwest Virginia, the Carilion Clinic Foundation has...

A Real Hands-On Approach to Vehicles

Take a field full of trucks – small ones, big ones, bigger ones and loud ones. Throw in a flying vehicle or two and...

Baseball 101 Brings Women Fans Up to Speed on National Pastime

One glance in the stands at any Salem Red Sox home game reveals the obvious: there are many, many female baseball fans at Lewis...

Republican Challenger is Third Candidate for County Sheriff

Stephen Turner announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Roanoke County Sheriff last Friday at the Roanoke County Courthouse. The special election will...

West End Center for Youth Succeeding in Tough Economy

The Board of Directors, staff, and families of the West End Center for Youth are celebrating a banner year in the Center’s history....

National Night Out Against Crime Marks Its 27th year

National Night Out is an event designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness while strengthening neighborhoods and fostering police-community partnerships. Neighborhoods all over Roanoke...

Roanoke’s New Skyline?

Well, not exactly, but if we had buildings this tall you probably wouldn’t want to be hanging out with these guys . . ....